The cargo plane, an Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft bound for the Sudanese capital Khartoum crashed in a Naval housing colony near the Dalmia area two minutes after take-off on November 28. The plane was carrying humanitarian assistance. Twelve people died due to the crash.
Demidov also said that the Inter-states Aviation Committee arrived in the country on December 6.
The committee had visited the site and was working on deciphering the three black boxes found from the wreckage. The blood and DNA samples of the relatives of the victims have been sent to Pakistan and should be arriving shortly, he added. Demidov said that the committee’s report will be completed soon.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2010.
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